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    Book Review: Adam & Eve

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Adam & Eve Author: Sena Jeter Naslund Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: October 1, 2010 Source: TLC Book Tours ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: General Fiction ————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with biblical themes. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N  What Happened To Eden? The New York Times bestselling author of Ahab’s Wife, Four Spirits, and Abundance returns with a daring and provocative novel that envisions a world where science and faith contend for the allegiance of a new Adam & Eve. Hours before his untimely—and highly suspicious—death,…

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    Book Review: The Girlz of Galstanberry

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Girlz of Galstanberry Author: G.S. Wolff Publisher: Wolf House Books Pages: Ebook; 180 Release Date: October 10, 2010 Source: Publisher =================== Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart From the boroughs of New York, to the beaches of San Francisco, girls hail from all walks of life, to sport the violet blazer, pink beret, and coveted Galstanberry Girl title. The Galstanberry twenty acre estate, flanked by a magnificent rose garden and horse stables, rises up from the horizon like a French chateau with…

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    Book Review: Six Moon Summer

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Six Moon Summer Author: SM Reine Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 198 Release Date: April 29, 2011 Source: Author =================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Rylie’s been bitten. She’s changing. And now she has three months to find a cure before becoming a werewolf… forever. Rylie Gresham hates everything about summer camp: the food, the fresh air, the dumb activities, and the other girls in her cabin. But the worst part is probably being bitten by a werewolf. Being a teenager is hard enough, but now she’s…

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    Book Review: Bears, Recycling, and Confusing Time Paradoxes

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Bears, Recycling and Confusing Time Paradoxes Author: Greg X. Graves Publisher: 1889 Labs Pages: Paperback; 168 Release Date: April 1, 2011 Source: Author ————————————– Genre: Um? Hilarity? HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for some ridiculous fun! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / Smashwords Do you want to recycle but aren’t sure how? Are you concerned that a potential suitor may be a vampire? Have you attended a job interview only to be greeted by Hideous Telepathic Space-faring Lizardmen in Mansuits? The Guide to Moral Living in Examples educates on these and many more common moral conundrums,…

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    Book Review: The Iron Thorn

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Iron Thorn   *Series: The Iron Codex (Book 1) Author: Cailtlin Kittredge Publisher: Delacorte Pages: Hardcover; 512 Release Date: February 22, 2011 Source: Library —————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence —————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy immersion in a fabulous fantasy world. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N In the city of Lovecraft, the Proctors rule and a great Engine turns below the streets, grinding any resistance to their order to dust. The necrovirus is blamed for Lovecraft’s epidemic of madness, for the strange and eldritch creatures that roam…

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    Graphic Novel Review: Made for Each Other

    Media Type: Graphic Novel Title: Made for Each Other  *Series: My Boyfriend is a Monster Author: Paul D. Storrie Illustrator: Eldon Cowgur Publisher: Graphic Universe Pages: Paperback; 128 Release Date: April 28, 2011 Source: NetGalley Tom Stone stepped into Seward High and into Maria McBride’s life like a bolt of lightning. He’s the perfect guy for Maria–nice, smart, and well-built. There’s just one problem: his family. Tom’s father is the town’s new funeral director, and business is booming. The bodies are piling up thick and fast in Persephone Falls, Alaska, so Dr. Stone keeps Tom up late at night working…

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    Book Review: Kicking Ass and Saving Souls

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Kicking Ass and Saving Souls Author: David Matthews Publisher: Penguin Group Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: July 21, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours =================== Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre:  Memoir HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart The story of a boy from Baltimore who evolves from a safecracking, jewel-heisting, deep-sea diving, ultimate-fighting, international playboy into a globetrotting humanitarian. Stefan Templeton was born a child of extremes. The son of Ebba, an aristocratic Norwegian love child, and Roye, a militant African American philosopher, Stefan spent his early years shuffling between the discipline of his father’s…

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    Book Review: Meridian

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Meridian Author: Amber Kizer Publisher: Delacorte Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: August 11, 2009 Source: Library ================== Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Half-human, half-angel, Meridian Sozu has a dark responsibility. Sixteen-year-old Meridian has been surrounded by death ever since she can remember. As a child, insects, mice, and salamanders would burrow into her bedclothes and die. At her elementary school, she was blamed for a classmate’s tragic accident. And on her sixteenth birthday, a car crashes in front of her family home and Meridian’s…

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    Book Review: The Moon in Habock’s Mirror

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Moon in Habock’s Mirror Author: Kara Bartley Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 244 Release Date: April 25, 2011 Source: Pump Up Your Book Promotions ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart From the moments Scarlett Cavanaugh enters the attic, her life begins to change. Family secrets and hidden voices are soon discovered as she delves into another time. With a guide she never envisioned and a world now unfamiliar, Scarlett must battle her inner demons to find the strength that lies within. On her quest…

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    Graphic Novel Review: The Last Unicorn

    Media Type: Graphic Novel Title: The Last Unicorn Author: Peter S. Beagle Illustrator: Renae De Liz, Ray Dillon Publisher: IDW Pages: Hardcover; 152 Release Date: January 25, 2011 Source: Netgalley Whimsical. Lyrical. Poignant. Adapted for the first time from the acclaimed and beloved novel by Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn is a tale for any age about the wonders of magic, the power of love, and the tragedy of loss. The unicorn, alone in her enchanted wood, discovers that she may be the last of her kind. Reluctant at first, she sets out on a journey to find her…